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- THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
- JAMES BUCHANAN
- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
- WILLIAM H. HAYWOOD
- HUGH WHITE
- JOHN Y. MASON
- ABBOTT LAWRENCE
- THOMAS H. BENTON
- SAMUEL D. HUBBARD
- MARTIN VAN BUREN
- ROBERT C. WINTHROP
- ROGER B. TANEY
- JOHN M'LEAN
- DANIEL WEBSTER AND RUFUS CHOAT
- EDWARD A. HANNEGAN
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- ALBERT GALLATIN
- OREGON AND CANADA, REMARKS ON
- CHARLES JARED INGERSOLL
- EDMUND GAINES
- MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN
- HENRY CLAY
- RIGHT REV. JOHN HUGHES, CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NEW YORK
- NOTE ON THE CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE AT WASHINGTON
- ON COMMERCE
- ESSAY ON FREE TRADE, BY THE AUTHORESS
- THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OREGON
- NOTES ON THE MEXICAN WAR
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- THE PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
- JAMES BUCHANAN
- WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD
- WILLIAM H. HAYWOOD
- HUGH WHITE
- JOHN Y. MASON
- ABBOTT LAWRENCE
- THOMAS H. BENTON
- SAMUEL D. HUBBARD
- MARTIN VAN BUREN
- ROBERT C. WINTHROP
- ROGER B. TANEY
- JOHN M'LEAN
- DANIEL WEBSTER AND RUFUS CHOAT
- EDWARD A. HANNEGAN
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
- ALBERT GALLATIN
- OREGON AND CANADA, REMARKS ON
- CHARLES JARED INGERSOLL
- EDMUND GAINES
- MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY
- JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN
- HENRY CLAY
- RIGHT REV. JOHN HUGHES, CATHOLIC BISHOP OF NEW YORK
- NOTE ON THE CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE AT WASHINGTON
- ON COMMERCE
- ESSAY ON FREE TRADE, BY THE AUTHORESS
- THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OREGON
- NOTES ON THE MEXICAN WAR
Summary
It was at the annual ball given at Washington, on the 8th of January, in commemoration of the battle of New Orleans, that I was first presented to Mr. Buchanan, and at once I knew that I had looked upon a friend. During my residence in that city I frequently appealed to him for advice, and never in vain; he heard me with patience, entered into the various considerations attendant upon my happiness and comfort, granted me every indulgence, and accorded my every wish. Occasionally mistrust came over me, and the dread of an unholy war, and the long animosity which it would entail upon the rival countries, became intolerable; at these times I have sought consolation from Mr. Buchanan. At the department of state, at his own residence, I was at all times instantly admitted, and received with welcome, and I ever left his presence with a light and happy heart.
The Secretary is tall and well proportioned; his manners are gentle and composed, and his articulation peculiarly slow and distinct. He looks like an English nobleman of thirty or forty years ago, when the grave and dignified bearing of men in power was regarded as an essential attribute of their office. This aristocratic address and manner, however, are natural, not acquired, in Mr. Buchanan, the result of an elevated character and urbanity of disposition, united with the long practice of office, and the habit of command.
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- The Statesmen of America in 1846 , pp. 11 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009